Hippocleides Doesn't Care

In years past I’ve gone to Silverfork off highway 50 for Memorial Day weekend. That was back when I was younger and didn’t care about sitting in stop-and-go traffic for 8 hours to get home. These days I’m much more likely to stay home on holiday weekends. But Sonora Pass called to me… Sonora Pass [...]

Tags: California, central valley, eastern Sierras, highway 108, highway 120, highway 4, highway 50, highway 70, highway 80, highway 88, kennedy meadow, Sierra Nevada, sonora pass, yum

Cold. Wet. Rainy. Foggy. Cloudy. Cold. Drove up Wednesday. Tried fishing some of the very small creeks around our campsite. No luck. Built a roaring fire to fend off the wet cold. Bundled up and spent the night shivering in our tent. 30 degrees. Ice on the ground in the morning. No fishing? Colder than [...]

Tags: Auburn, California, Cascades, Grass Valley, highway 395, highway 89, Lake Almanor, Lake Tahoe, Lake Topaz, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Shasta, Nevada, Quincy, Sierra Nevada, Truckee, yum